Today I am thankful that The Hub is home safe and sound from his latest business trip, and thankful to have him as my best friend and partner-in-crime through all of life’s adventures.

Earlier this week I watched “Yours, Mine, and Ours,” (1968 Version,) and I have pretty much decided that Henry Fonda’s little speech to his then-step-daughter just about sums all of this marriage/partnership/parenting stuff up just about perfectly:

“It’s giving life that counts. Until you’re ready for it, all the rest is just a big fraud. All the crazy haircuts in the world won’t keep it turning. Life isn’t a love in, it’s the dishes and the orthodontist and the shoe repairman and… ground round instead of roast beef. And I’ll tell you something else: it isn’t going to a bed with a man that proves you’re in love with him; it’s getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful everyday world with him that counts.”

True partnership, give-and-take, balancing all of the who-is-responsible-for-what issues, and all of the other things that make day-to-day life in a couple tick can be really tricky – I very much believe that being the head of a family isn’t for the faint-of-heart. It takes guts, and devotion, and sacrifice, and a lot of other very real, not-so-glamourous but very attractive attributes.

I am so thankful I married a man who was ready for it, and that we are doing all of the “drab miserable wonderful” things this amazing life offers us together.

SoP is getting a facelift!

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